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Research Progress on β-hyroxy-β-methylbutyrate in Animal Nutrition

MA You-biao, ZHANG Hai-jun, WANG Jing, WU Shu-geng, QI Guang-hai   

  1. Key Laboratory of Feed Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
  • Received:2016-03-28 Online:2016-10-20 Published:2016-10-28

Abstract:

β-hyroxy-β-methylbutyrate (HMB) is a metabolite of leucine.HMB has attracted considerable attention of clinical medicine and animal production field,because it is centrally involved in the regulation of multi-biological process and metabolism pathway.HMB has been reported to promote protein synthesis,inhibit protein degradation,improve livestock and poultry production performance and carcass traits,enhance immune function,reduce disease risk and mortality.The synthesis and metabolic pathways,possible mechanism and positive effect of HMB in livestock were reviewed in this paper aiming to supply a useful reference for the application of HMB in animal production.

Key words: β-hyroxy-β-methylbutyrate; protein; skeletal muscle; livestock

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